FALCONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Falconidae mean? 

• FALCONIDAE (noun)
  The noun FALCONIDAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of birds of the order Falconiformes

  Familiarity information: FALCONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALCONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of birds of the order Falconiformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Falconidae; family Falconidae

Hypernyms ("Falconidae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "Falconidae"):

falcon (diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight)

Falco; genus Falco; genus Polyborus; Polyborus (a genus of Falconidae)

Holonyms ("Falconidae" is a member of...):

Falconiformes; order Falconiformes (chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures)